This article was originally published by Healthbeat, a nonprofit newsroom covering public health published by Civic News Company and KFF Health News.
The Georgia Department of Public Health announced Friday it has confirmed a fifth case of measles this year.
The new case involves a metro Atlanta resident who is related to a person who acquired measles abroad and whose infection was confirmed in May, DPH spokesperson Nancy Nydam Shirek said. Neither had been vaccinated for measles…